Cologne will face Bayer Leverkusen in the ninth round of the German Bundesliga on November 8. The opponents lost points in the last round. However, the guests continue to fight for a place in the top five, while the hosts are fighting for survival. Will the pharmacists be able to rehabilitate themselves after losing in the Europa League and what bets should they pay attention to in the match? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
FC Koeln
Current form
The team failed to win the national championship in the last round. In the away match, the club fought in Berlin with its neighbor in the league table, Union. At the start of the first half, the hosts took the lead, but in the 79th minute the Goats restored parity and ended the game with a 1-1 goalless draw. Earlier, the red and white had faced the same opponent in the German Cup and inflicted a crushing defeat on the capital's club 5:0. The hosts, with nine points in the asset, occupy a saving 15th place in the standings and are two points ahead of the danger zone.
Disqualifications and injuries
The injured Dallinga, Hubers, Rondic, Schiri and Van den Berg will not help the team.
Interesting betting trends
Since the start of the championship, Cologne has not lost on its own field
The Goats scored an average of 1.6 goals in the last five games.
The wards of Carles Martinez Novell played their last game in the Europa League and could not beat French Marseille on their own field. The match ended with a minimum score of 0:1, and the pharmacists conceded the only goal in the 77th minute of the meeting. It was the first defeat since the start of the tournament, and after four rounds, Bayer Leverkusen occupies the intermediate seventh place in the main stage with nine points in the asset.
Things are not going well in the German championship, Bayer suffered defeats in the last two rounds. First, the pharmacists lost to Hoffenheim (0:3), and then they lost in a shootout to Stuttgart (2:4). After eight rounds, he has 13 points and is sixth in the Bundesliga.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ben-Segir, Diaby, Douai, Eichhorn and Terrier will miss the game due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
In the last five games, Bayer has conceded an average of two goals.
Pharmacists have earned an average of 2.6 yellow cards in the past five matches.
Losing points in today's match could turn into a difficult situation for Cologne and the team could fall into a dangerous zone. However, the goats do not intend to lose, and the factor of their field is on the goats' side. The hosts have been looking strong since the start of the championship at their stadium and have not suffered a single defeat, and recently defeated Union in the Cup (5:0). Also, do not forget that the pharmacists in the Bundesliga have won only once in four away games.In our opinion, Cologne will not give an easy fight, they will take advantage of Bayer Leverkusen's fatigue after the Europa League match and at least they will not lose.
Betting Tip – Cologne will not lose with a coefficient of 1.97
The Goats have been playing low-scoring opponents lately, and in four of the last five games in all competitions, no more than three goals have been scored. In turn, Bayer completed four of the last six matches with a total of less. We can assume that the opponents will prefer a closed game and we advise you to pay attention to the low total.
The betting tip is a total of less than 3.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.80
Betting on corners
The hosts have no right to make mistakes, and today they will run forward from the first minutes and set a high pace of the meeting. In the previous three out of five matches in all tournaments, the Goats did not lose on corners, which we expect from them today.
Betting Tip — Cologne will not lose on the corners with a coefficient of 2.20
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Marvin Schwäbe